Philly/C of L update

[Beavah]

"At the time", Beavah, did the words in the contract that either party could terminate the contract with one years notice mean something different?

 

It'd be a question of fact. What did it mean to them at the time. And how were da terms used in other contracts in the area at the time?

 

On da face of it, as I mentioned, it would be a foolish contract for the scouts to enter (and an inequitable one for da city to draft) if the meaning was really that the city could toss 'em a year or two later after they had just built the city a building. So I reckon the notion that it was meant to imply a completely "at will" termination is a stretch. But a bit depends on how these things are viewed in Pennsylvania.

 

Beavah

 

[NJCubScouter]

Does anyone have a link to the actual contract? I see a lot of speculation here about what it might or might not say, and what it might or might not mean, but it's all meaningless without seeing the actual contract.

[Merlyn_LeRoy]

I've never been able to find a copy of the original 1928 resolution. The resolution giving one year's notice to terminate references it; but that's no longer on the city's website that I can find. But here's a google cache of that resolution:

http://tinyurl.com/phillybsa

[Eagle92]

Actually it should be very easy to obtain a copy if the original document, if not the original, via either city or state archives. It is a public record.

[NJCubScouter]

Eagle, maybe so, but I'm not that interested.

 

I am sure the attorneys for the BSA and the city are each doing a fine job representing their clients. We should probably all let them do their jobs and not try the case here.